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beauty contest

  1. a competition in which women are rated on the basis of physical beauty, and often also talent, personality, etc.
    also beauty pageant
  2. any competition based on superficial criteria

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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